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Coprosma acutifolia

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Coprosma acutifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Coprosma
Species:
C. acutifolia
Binomial name
Coprosma acutifolia

Coprosma acutifolia, is a shrub that is native to New Zealand, found only on Raoul Island. C. acutifolia can grow up to 12 metres tall in wet or dry forest, becoming a sub-canopy tree at lower altitudes and a canopy species along ridgelines.[3]

Tree up to c. 10 m. tall; branches ascending; branchlets slender, glab. Lvs on slender petioles 5–7 mm. long. Stipules membr., sheathing, sub-acute; denticle prominent. Lamina membr., glab., ovate to ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, acuminate, tapering to petiole; ± 60-(75) × 20- (35) mm.; margins ± waved. Reticulated veins fine, evident. ♂ 3–9 on slender axillary branched peduncles 10–15 mm. long; calyx cupular, teeth 4–5, acute; corolla subfunnelform, lobes 5, acute, ± = tube; stamens us. 5. ♀ 3 in a cluster on branched axillary peduncles; calyx cupular, teeth triangular, us. 5; corolla tubular, lobes linear-triangular, < tube. Drupe orange-red, oblong, 7–8 mm. long. [4]

Etymology

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The genus name, Coprosma derives from the Greek kopros ("dung") and osme ("smell"), and describes the genus' foul smell, while the specific epithet, acutifolia, derives from Latin, and means "sharp-leaved".[3]

References

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  1. ^ Govaerts, R. et al. (2019) Plants of the world online: Coprosma acutifolia. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. ^ Hooker, J.D. (1857) Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 128.
  3. ^ a b "Coprosma acutifolia". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Coprosma acutifolia". Landcare Research. Retrieved 6 June 2022.